Rare Hand-Colored Antique Map of Tartary, China and Korea, ca.1741

Reference
BG-00746
Date
1741
Region
Asia
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
41.0 x 55.0 cm (16.1 x 21.7 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 2,750

Antique map titled 'A General Map of Eastern and Western Tatary, commonly call'd Tartary; drawn from the Particular Maps of the Jesuit Missionaries'.

Rare antique map of Tartary, China and Korea. Includes a nice detail of Korea, Japan and China, along with a detailed chart explaining the subdivisions within Tartary. The map was engraved by Emanuel Bowen and originates from an English Edition of Du Halde's Descriptions De La Chine.

Artists and Engravers: Emanuel Bowen (1694?–1767) was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographer.

Where this sits in the catalogue

Other sheets of Asia


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